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Matthew 4:4
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KJ21
But He answered and said, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.’”
ASV
But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
AMP
But Jesus replied, “It is written and forever remains written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes out of the mouth of God.’”
AMPC
But He replied, It has been written, Man shall not live and be upheld and sustained by bread alone, but by every word that comes forth from the mouth of God.
BRG
But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
CSB
He answered, “It is written: Man must not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.”
CSBA
He answered, ‘It is written: Man must not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’
CEB
Jesus replied, “It’s written, People won’t live only by bread, but by every word spoken by God.”
CJB
But he answered, “The Tanakh says, ‘Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of Adonai’”
CEV
Jesus answered, “The Scriptures say: ‘No one can live only on food. People need every word that God has spoken.’ ”
DARBY
But he answering said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word which goes out through God's mouth.
DLNT
But the One, having responded, said, “It has been written [in Deut 8:3]: ‘Mankind shall live not on bread alone, but on every word proceeding-out through the mouth of God’”
DRA
Who answered and said: It is written, Not in bread alone doth man live, but in every word that proceedeth from the mouth of God.
ERV
Jesus answered him, “The Scriptures say, ‘It is not just bread that keeps people alive. Their lives depend on what God says.’”
EASY
But Jesus replied, ‘No! The Bible says that food alone cannot cause people to live. They need to hear every word that God speaks. That is what gives them true life.’
EHV
But Jesus answered, “It is written: Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes out of the mouth of God.”
ESV
But he answered, “It is written, “‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”
ESVUK
But he answered, “It is written, “‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”
EXB
Jesus answered, “It is written in the Scriptures, ‘A person lives not on bread alone, but by ·everything God says [L every word that comes out of God’s mouth; Deut. 8:3].’”
GNV
But he answering, said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
GW
Jesus answered, “Scripture says, ‘A person cannot live on bread alone but on every word that God speaks.’ ”
GNT
But Jesus answered, “The scripture says, ‘Human beings cannot live on bread alone, but need every word that God speaks.’”
HCSB
But He answered, “It is written: Man must not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of God. ”
ICB
Jesus answered, “It is written in the Scriptures, ‘A person does not live only by eating bread. But a person lives by everything the Lord says.’”
ISV
But he answered, “It is written, ‘One must not live on bread alone, but on every word coming out of the mouth of God.’”
PHILLIPS
Jesus answered, “The scripture says ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God’.”
JUB
But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.
KJV
But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
AKJV
But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
LSB
But He answered and said, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.’”
LEB
But he answered and said, “It is written, ‘Man will not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes out of the mouth of God.”
TLB
But Jesus told him, “No! For the Scriptures tell us that bread won’t feed men’s souls: obedience to every word of God is what we need.”
MSG
Jesus answered by quoting Deuteronomy: “It takes more than bread to stay alive. It takes a steady stream of words from God’s mouth.”
MEV
But He answered, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.’ ”
MOUNCE
But he replied, “It stands written, “Man does not live on bread alone, · but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.”
NOG
Yeshua answered, “Scripture says, ‘A person cannot live on bread alone but on every word that God speaks.’”
NABRE
He said in reply, “It is written: ‘One does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes forth from the mouth of God.’”
NASB
But He answered and said, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes out of the mouth of God.’”
NASB1995
But He answered and said, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.’”
NCB
Jesus answered, “As it is written: ‘Man does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes forth from the mouth of God.’ ”
NCV
Jesus answered, “It is written in the Scriptures, ‘A person lives not on bread alone, but by everything God says.’”
NET
But he answered, “It is written, ‘Man does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”
NIRV
Jesus answered, “It is written, ‘Man must not live only on bread. He must also live on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’ ” (Deuteronomy 8:3)
NIV
Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”
NIVUK
Jesus answered, ‘It is written: “Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.” ’
NKJV
But He answered and said, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.’ ”
NLV
But Jesus said, “It is written, ‘Man is not to live on bread only. Man is to live by every word that God speaks.’”
NLT
But Jesus told him, “No! The Scriptures say, ‘People do not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”
NMB
He answered and said, It is written: Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.
NRSVA
But he answered, ‘It is written, “One does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.”’
NRSVACE
But he answered, ‘It is written, “One does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.”’
NRSVCE
But he answered, “It is written, ‘One does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”
NRSVUE
But he answered, “It is written, ‘One does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’ ”
NTFE
“The Bible says,” replied Jesus, “that it takes more than bread to keep you alive. You actually live on every word that comes out of God’s mouth.”
OJB
But Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach answered, Katuv (It is written), LO AL HALECHEM LVADOH YCHEYEH HAADAM, KI AL KOL MOTZAH FI HASHEM. (Man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of Hashem, Dt 8:3).
RGT
But He, answering, said, “It is written, man shall not live by bread only, but by every Word that proceeds out of the Mouth of God.”
RSV
But he answered, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.’”
RSVCE
But he answered, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.’”
TLV
But He replied, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”
VOICE
Jesus (quoting Deuteronomy): It is written, “Man does not live by bread alone. Rather, he lives on every word that comes from the mouth of the Eternal One.”
WEB
But he answered, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of God’s mouth.’”
WE
But Jesus answered him, `The holy writings say, "Man cannot live on bread only. He needs to live by every word that God says." '
WYC
Which answered, and said to him, It is written, Not only in bread liveth man, but in each word that cometh forth of God's mouth. [Which answering said to him, It is written, A man liveth not in bread alone, but in every word that cometh forth from the mouth of God.]
YLT
But he answering said, `It hath been written, Not upon bread alone doth man live, but upon every word coming forth from the mouth of God.'
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